Typhoon Haiyan

Many members of the tech community have lent their skills to help Super Typhoon Haiyan rescue efforts in the Philippines. These include Viber, which rolled out a new feature called Viber Out, and people working with the Geeklist Corps of Developers. Now peer-to-peer mobile broadband network Open Garden and messaging app textPlus are also offering services to help Filipinos recover from the… Read More

Super Typhoon Haiyan, one of the strongest tropical cyclones ever recorded, devastated the Philippines last week, killing up to 10,000 people. Relief efforts are now underway, including one by the Geeklist Corps of Developers, which is recruiting coders, product managers and other tech experts from around the world to build tools that will help coordinate rescue efforts, enable crisis… Read More